LOYALTY BAIT.
"Tell me, Luca, how does it feel to be helpless?" Liam's voice cut through the darkness of that room, cold, almost calculated as if some important chess move would be made in a minute, casual, as he leaned on the frail wooden table, and a bulb above seemed to distort all the shadows beyond proportion.
Luca strained against the ropes binding his wrists and ankles, his muscles burning with the effort. His heart pounded in his chest, but he kept his expression defiant, refusing to show any fear.
"Do you think this changes anything?" Luca spat, his voice steady despite the searing pain in his shoulders. "Ethan will come for me. And when he does, you'll regret this."
Liam let out a low, amused chuckle that ran chills down the length of Luca's spine. "Regret now?" Tha
